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Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

58 reviews

gwarren's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Cursing, Grief, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infertility

gmoneyyyyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Gun violence, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

mirandahedvik's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

The story and characters were entertaining and lovable, but the cringe was too much for me. I ended up skimming most of the romantic scenes because I found them too absurd and cringeworthy. I wanted to read the next book because I like the characters but I actually can’t put myself though it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Infertility

ellawatwat's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual content, Addiction, and Cursing

Minor: Physical abuse and Infertility

mwmason01's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

ell_n's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse

lunahale's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

my first 5 star read of 2023 🫶🏼 knoxnaomi have my entire fucking heart and waylay is the cutest kid ever. i could’ve done without the

third act breakup and i expected way more groveling from knox

but honestly even that was handled so well and the angst was phenomenal. i will be seated for the remainder of this series and i’m already upset with myself that i didn’t buy book #2 when i was at barnes and noble, ugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

mollyymayyx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Infertility, Sexual content, Addiction, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Rating: 4/5 stars

Naomi runs away from her wedding to help her sister Tina—only for Tina to steal her car and her wallet and leave her stranded in a small Virginia town with an eleven-year-old niece to raise and a grumpy (and sexy) business owner for company.

I’ve heard nothing but good things about this book, and I’m pleased to report it didn’t let me down. I found the beginning a tiny bit slow (and the book overall is pretty long for a contemporary romance, though it does read quickly!) but the characters grew on me and by the end the entire book felt like a warm hug from a friend. I’m obsessed with the entire supporting cast—Waylay, Stef, Sloane, Lina, Lucian, Amanda, and Lou, in particular—and the found family/small-town-coming-together vibes made me tear up more than once.

I also appreciated that this book has a fair amount of action unrelated to the romance, and even though TWNGO is overall more of a comedy/lighthearted read, the danger still felt genuine and high stakes when it was supposed to, and resolved in a way that made sense and didn’t feel “too easy.” I’m also a huge fan of epilogues and lots of closure, so the bonus epilogue gave me EVERYTHING my heart desired and more.

My timing on reading this one was also great—not only was it the February pick for my book club, the sequel, Things We Hide From the Light, is coming out soon, and I will absolutely be picking it up!

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: grumpy/sunshine; small town romance; action mixed with rom-com

CW: Gun violence; domestic abuse; kidnapping; addiction/drug use; death of loved one/parent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Okay I absolutely loved this book so much! I stumbled upon the title in the kindle app and downloaded it because I thought the cover was pretty. I went into this book completely blind and it did not disappoint me. I loved the characters and I really connected with them. This book had me giggling constantly from their sarcasm and I thought the balance between characters, plot, and spice was perfect. I definitely recommend this book!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Gun violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Addiction